WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England said Tuesday he will not serve in the Obama administration.
TALLINN, Estonia, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates sought to reassure the Baltic States of continued U.S. and NATO support while in Estonia Wednesday.
TBILISI, Georgia, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. military mission to Georgia is strictly humanitarian, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, adding he doesn't expect to engage militarily.
MOSCOW, July 15 (UPI) -- Deployment of a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe will harm rather than help regional security, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned.
WASHINGTON, July 9 (UPI) -- Iran's missile testing reinforces the need for a missile defense system in Europe, the White House and U.S. Cabinet officials said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, April 16 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is calling for a multiagency approach to coordinate efforts in the fight against terrorism around the world.
WASHINGTON, April 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he'd be "surprised" if Shiite rebel cleric Moqtada Sadr were arrested, given his political importance in Iraq.
JERUSALEM, March 29 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Israel Saturday for another attempt to advance the peace process.
WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush announced plans to visit Russian Vladimir Putin next month, saying he hopes to move ahead on a U.S. missile defense system in Europe.
WASHINGTON, March 24 (UPI) -- Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, has recommended a "pause" in the drawdown of U.S forces in Iraq, reports said.
MOSCOW, March 20 (UPI) -- Russia may allow its land and airspace to be used to transport NATO-led counter-terrorism supplies to Afghanistan, an official said Thursday.
MOSCOW, March 19 (UPI) -- U.S. officials have delivered new proposals for a European missile shield to their Russian counterparts, a Russian deputy foreign minister said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (UPI) -- The United States is ready to begin negotiations with the Iraqi government on a basic framework for establishing normalized relations between the countries.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- The two Democratic presidential hopefuls Monday criticized U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' hint of pausing troop withdrawals from Iraq.
SYDNEY, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The new Australian government will pull its 550 combat troops out of Iraq by the middle of the year, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said.
